The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-25


phate, and the Pippln tree, If not rs
,reat bearer as the Greening, will YET
bear crops that will fairly pay to grow.
70 those who sell to shippers the Pip
pin is not desirable fruit. 1t rarely
keeps under favorable circumstances
later than January. But in every city
there are men who know its superior
ty and who are willing to pay the ex'
ira price 1t costs to grow this variety.
EAsILY-DIGGEsTED APPLES.
To that large class of unfortunate
people who have painfully learned thai
they have stomach. it may be interest
ing to know that some varieties oil
apples are much harder of digestion
than others. The very richest solid
meated apples are usually rather hard
of digestion. Sweet apples generally
under this category, as even when
cooked they are tough and leathery.
The Spitzenberg when eaten raw is high
favored, but unless throughly chewed
weighs like lead on delicate stomachs.
So, too, in less degree are the Baldwin,
Russell and King apple. The Fameuse,
or Snow apple, is entirely different
1t is neither rich nor high favored, but
has a pleasant taste, and when well
ripened and held in the mouth its pulp
dissolves without chewing. 1t can be
eaten with satisfaction and with COM
fort afterwards by people having poor
teeth. 10 this fact and to its hand
some appearance it owes much of its
popularity.
FUEL FOR WINTER.
A party of vigilants out in Indiana
have been visiting men too lazy and
shiftless to provide food and fuel for
their families. One of them has been
visited twice, beaten each time, and
obliged to work all night hauling wood
to his home. hitched like q horse be-
tween the shafts of pretty heavily
loaded cart. This is pretty rough
usage, but who shall say it is not
deservedp The civilized way is for
public sentiment to gently incite the
lazy to greater efficiency in these
necessary provisions for their own
households; but some men are not
amenablc to these influences, and can
only be brought to do their duty by
sound clubbing. OF course it is assum-
ed that readers of this paper are
sufficiently civilized so that no further
hint will be necessary regarding this
subject than is contained in this para.
graph. If any are delinquent in this
respect, they will probably amend their
ways if wife or neghbors hand them a
marked copy of this item to read
TIME WHEN FRUIT Is BEST.
Every kind of apples or other fruit
has its period of greatest excellence.
| With most varieties this time is short
one. He who would get most enjoy
ment out of his fruit must be well post.
ed as to its characteristics The Bald.
win to our taste is usually dry, coarse
and poor, but there is about week or
ten days in the history of each we'll
grown specimen when il becomes really
juicy and good. The Greening is pref
ty steadily good until it rots. The
Northern Spy is only good towards
Spring, except sometimes in long late
Falls it ripens before its proper time.
1t is then a poor keeper While hard
and unripe, though fully colored, it has
little of the high flavor which it after,
ward acquires. 1t is one OF the many
varieties that ripen best in the barrel,
and it is good oven after rot has at
tackled one side. some even think it
then the best. 1t is evident then that its
period of excellence is not long one.
But by understanding the peculiarities
of different varieties, and keeping some
in cold storage and others warmer,
different lots may be brought on IN
succession, and the period when the
fruit is at its best may thus be protract-
ed indefinitely.
.HEELING IN" TREES.
The pratice of Fall buying trees for
Spring planting is a good one, not
alone for the reason sometimes urged,
that the nurseryman's stocks are now
full. and he can give more time and